Project Overview
FNE00-325
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2000: $3,500.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2000
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $1,500.00
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Multipurpose windbreaks for the protection of vegetable crops and production of fruit and nut crops.
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Additional Plants: trees
Practices
- Crop Production: windbreaks
- Education and Training: demonstration, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: new enterprise development, feasibility study
- Natural Resources/Environment: hedgerows, hedges - woody
- Production Systems: permaculture, integrated crop and livestock systems
Proposal summary:
This project will research and evaluate which species make the most appropriate and profitable windbreaks for a five-acre vegetable plot. Crop shrubs and trees such as juneberry, hazelnut, paw-paw, persimmon, and others will be among the candidates, as well as Christmas trees. Various woody plants will be evaluated for their functional and commercial potential.
